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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
* k2 X4 X% P" j% Y* e* U3 {'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
6 v. v8 C4 j) o8 R- Q) `1 w' X, BThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' 7 S1 C+ c, j; `% B; ^- h N( x
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
4 Y0 Y+ o: J. i: P8 J' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' , R% b" {1 h4 |& O' l1 v
'Yes... speaking' + g( l% b. P, u: u+ H- r
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' 8 T) f1 V9 ~/ ?0 r1 q
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. ( m: c6 x0 B! R2 p- Z% I$ Q
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. 8 h( X/ K+ G/ {
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' ; c" r' I, T4 c1 l6 O
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' ( A. a% }7 R* P
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' $ u9 L7 r+ {/ H! o1 A
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
# l* W+ z& p+ Z) j% M6 q. |'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
- U: v4 i' S! b0 T4 f* d1 g% T/ h: JThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
% ?( o% x3 }3 I }# B. ['What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue? / F. {; c* ^6 m2 \# z) Q
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
: M9 ?5 [- b5 T# J1 t2 S'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
5 B1 V" M& t, Z9 Y'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
g$ u6 T+ w2 o- B* A/ C'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
2 J- U7 a" D+ K3 a, h* g- ^3 \- O4 P'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
3 E7 W+ T4 i0 q: O2 S: V'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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